Mechanism and thermodynamics of binding of the polypyrimidine tract binding protein to RNA

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 6500-6512

  Schmid, Nathan ^a   Zagrovic, Bojan ^a   Van Gunsteren, Wilfred F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

INTERNAL RIBOSOMAL ENTRY SIDE (IRES); PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; POLYPYRIMIDINES; RNA BINDING DOMAINS (RBD);

PROTEINS;

POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 34249915043     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi6026133     Document Type: Article

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